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#CBC89F

#cbc89f ≈ Sage

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#cbc89f is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.61% red, 78.43% green and 62.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.48% magenta, 21.67% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 55.91°, with 29.73% saturation and 70.98% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 12.3:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sage (#bcb88a), ΔE 4.43.

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Relative luminance0.5651

Complementary

  1. #cbc89f
  2. #9fa2cb

Split complementary

  1. #cbc89f
  2. #9fb8cb
  3. #b29fcb

Analogous

  1. #cbb29f
  2. #cbc89f
  3. #b8cb9f

Triadic

  1. #cbc89f
  2. #9fcbc8
  3. #c89fcb

Tetradic

  1. #cbc89f
  2. #a2cb9f
  3. #9fa2cb
  4. #c89fcb

Square

  1. #cbc89f
  2. #9fcbb2
  3. #9fa2cb
  4. #cb9fb8

Monochromatic

  1. #888349
  2. #b0ac6d
  3. #cbc89f
  4. #e6e4d1
  5. #f8f7f2

Shades

#cbc89f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cbc89f
  2. #b7b48f
  3. #a2a07f
  4. #8e8c6f
  5. #7a785f
  6. #666450
  7. #515040
  8. #3d3c30
  9. #292820
  10. #141410
  11. #000000

Tints

#cbc89f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cbc89f
  2. #d0cea9
  3. #d5d3b2
  4. #dbd9bc
  5. #e0dec5
  6. #e5e4cf
  7. #eae9d9
  8. #efefe2
  9. #f5f4ec
  10. #fafaf5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cbc89f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cbc89f
  2. #c4c19c
  3. #bcba99
  4. #b5b296
  5. #adab93
  6. #a6a490
  7. #9e9d8c
  8. #979689
  9. #8f8e86
  10. #888783
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.3:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c6c6c6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c8c7b8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d0c59c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d1c7a0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d2c2bd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cec69d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cfc7a0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cfc5b2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cbc89f {
  color: #cbc89f;
}
Background
.bg-cbc89f {
  background-color: #cbc89f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cbc89f {
  border: 2px solid #cbc89f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cbc89f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 203 200 159;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 30% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cbc89f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cbc89f, #b8cb9f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cbc89f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(203 200 159 / 0.35);
}

#bcb88a Sage ΔE 4.43 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 7.29 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 8.68 #eee8aa Pale Goldenrod ΔE 8.70 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.11 #eae0c8 Pearl ΔE 9.15 #f5deb3 Wheat ΔE 9.59 #343760 Inverted #c6c6c6 Grayscale 

Sage
#cbc89f  rgb(203, 200, 159)  hsl(56, 30%, 71%)  Sage
#9fa2cb  rgb(159, 162, 203)  hsl(236, 30%, 71%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#9fcbc8  rgb(159, 203, 200)  hsl(176, 30%, 71%)  Opal
#c89fcb  rgb(200, 159, 203)  hsl(296, 30%, 71%)  Lilac